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Sometimes you have to force someone to take a chance, even if it’s just to experiment with food. We can get so set in our ways when it comes to what we eat. Visiting the same restaurants, ordering the same dishes, cooking the same meal night after night. We grow up on certain types of food depending on our cultural backgrounds, then grow up and find other types of foods intimidating. While the foods you grew up on were amazing, you’ll miss out on some great meals If you never try new things.

My boyfriend’s sister was kind enough to send us a giant package of meat from Omaha steaks for his birthday. Among the amazing steaks were a few pork chops. I knew my boyfriend would love them, despite his hate of pork. My mission would be to cook the pork chops in a way where he couldn’t deny their amazing flavor.

I chose to apply my fail-safe marinade to the pork chops, and fix a side of pasta to go with them. The recipe for these bomb.com pork chops is below.

Ingredients:

Pork Chops (Amount depends on who you’re cooking for. My boyfriend was able to eat 3 in one meal)

Pasta (I used regular spaghetti noodles, you can use any type of noodle you prefer)

Marinade:

Balsamic Vinegar

2 tablespoon Oregano

1 tablespoon Red Pepper Flakes

1 tablespoon Pepper

1 tablespoon Garlic Salt

Olive Oil

Pre-Cooking Instructions:

The night before I coated the pork chops in olive oil. Take a tablespoon of olive oil and rub it into the meat.

Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl: garlic salt, oregano, red pepper flakes, and pepper.

Sprinkle the mixture over the pork chops and pat down compacting the dry ingredients.

put the pork chops into a plastic Ziplock bag, and add the balsamic vinegar.

Put into the refrigerator, and let sit over night.

Cooking Instructions:

Heat your oven to 200 F

Add a teaspoon of olive oil to a sauce pan, and add your pork chops

Place the pork chops into the oven without a lid.

Let cook for 10 minutes then flip the pork chops, and let them cook for another 10 minutes

Take the pan out of the oven and put it on the stove top over high heat.

Cook the pork chops on either side for 1 to five minutes depending how brown you want the outside.

Take a piece of aluminum foil and loosely tent the pan letting the pork sit for 10 minutes

This will save the pork juices, preventing drying.

Pasta:

Boil Water

Add salt and teaspoon of olive oil

Add pasta when water comes to a boil

Cook aldente and drain

Remove pork chops from the cooking pan

Do not clean the pan.

Place pan over medium heat, and add pasta.

Add a splash of balsamic vinegar and tablespoon of olive oil

Mix the pasta with the drippings from the pork chops

Cook for five minutes or until mixed.

Plate with pork chops and serve!

I hope you’ve enjoyed this recipe. Come visit us here at Meeshme.com again soon!

Barbecuing might seem intimidating, but it shouldn’t be. The dishes you can make using your BBQ are endless. Today’s recipe is simpler than you might think, thanks to your trusty grill.

To make these delicious seafood sliders, start by preparing your salmon. Start with a boneless, skinless filet of salmon. Take out a large sheet of aluminum foil. Set your grill to medium heat. Create a dry rub using salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and garlic salt. Rub your salmon filet with these ingredients. Place your salmon filet on the large sheet of foil. Next, heavily drizzle balsamic vinegar over the salmon. Add pats of cold butter on top of and around the salmon filet. Cover the salmon completely by folding over the aluminum foil. Place the foil directly on top of your grill. Let the salmon cook on medium heat for 20 to 30 minutes.

While your salmon is cooking, you can begin to prepare the biscuits and cabbage slaw. You can make biscuits from scratch, or take a shortcut by using the ready to bake kind found in your local freezer section. I used Pillsburry flaky layers biscuits. Using a biscuit that flakes easily is important, because you’ll be dividing them in half to make each slider. Bake the biscuits per package instructions. To make the slaw, start by making the simple dressing. Mix four table spoons of olive oil and vinegar. Add black pepper and crushed red pepper flakes. Next, take shredded cabbage, and blend in bowl with dressing.

When your biscuits have cooled, pull them apart creating two equal pieces. Do this to each of your biscuits. You can add a slice of your favorite cheese. I used provolone cheese. Place the salmon on top of the bottom biscuit. Add your cabbage slaw, and place the second biscuit piece on top. And you’re done! Enjoy.

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